The Indian peoples of Eastern America
Subtitle: a documentary history of the sexes
By: edited by James Axtell.
Contributors: Axtell, James.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Woodland Indians -- Social life and customs -- Sources; Indian women -- East (U.S.); Indian women -- Canada, Eastern
Description: This fascinating collection of primary source materials provides a unique introduction to the woodland Indians who inhabited Northeastern America in the region bordered by the Carolinas, the Great Lakes, and the maritime provinces of Canada. Substantial portions of the sixty-seven original documents included - written primarily by French and English settlers, explorers, missionaries, and Indian women - reveal the feelings and prejudices of their authors, thus allowing the reader an intriguing look into the lives of both the native Americans and the foreigners who supplanted them. Frequent contacts between these farming tribes and the early immigrants played a large part in shaping the fabric of life in colonial America. -- from back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 229-233.